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Bob Steele
Also known as: Bob Bradbury Jr., Robert Bradbury Jr., Robert Adrian Bradbury
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Bob Steele (January 23, 1907 - December 21, 1988) was an American actor. He was born Robert Adrian Bradbury in Portland, Oregon, into a vaudeville family. After years of touring, the family settled down in Hollywood in the late 1910s, where his father, Robert N. Bradbury, soon found work in the movies, first as an actor, later as a director, and by 1920, he hired Bob and his twin brother Bill (1907–1971) as juvenile leads for a series of adventure movies entitled "The Adventures of Bob and Bill". Bob's career began to take off for good in 1927, when he was hired by production company Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) to star in a series of Westerns. Bob—who was rechristened Bob Steele at FBO—soon made a name for himself, and in the late 1920s, 1930s and 1940s starred in B-Westerns for almost every minor film studio, including Monogram, Supreme, Tiffany, Syndicate, Republic (including several films of the Three Mesquiteers series) and Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC) (including the initial films of their "Billy the Kid" series), plus he had the occasional role in an A-movie, as in the adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men from 1939. In the 1940s, Bob's career as a cowboy hero was on the decline, but he kept himself working by accepting supporting roles in many big movies like Howard Hawks' The Big Sleep, or the John Wayne vehicles Island in the Sky, Rio Bravo and Rio Lobo. Besides these he also made occasional appearances in science fiction films like Atomic Submarine and Giant from the Unknown and did lots of television work, culminating in a regular supporting role in the army comedy F Troop (1965–1967), which allowed him to show his comic talent. Steele played the character of Trooper Duffy who claimed to have been "shoulder to shoulder with Davy Crockett at the Alamo"-in fact Steele played in With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo in 1926. Bob Steele died on December 21, 1988 from emphysema after a long sickness. Bob Steele is said to have been the inspiration for the character "Cowboy Bob" in the Dennis The Menace comic strip. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob Steele (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 23, 1907
Day of Death
December 21, 1988
Age at Death
81 years old
Place of Birth
Portland, Oregon, USA
Popularity Score
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Filmography
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
1976Movie
The Shootist
Books' Victim in Flashback (archive footage / uncredited)
1976Movie
Nightmare Honeymoon
Charlie
1974Movie
Charley Varrick
Bank Guard (uncredited)
1973Movie
Skin Game
Bidder (uncredited)
1971Movie
Something Big
Teamster #3
1971Movie
Rio Lobo
Rio Lobo Deputy (uncredited)
1970Movie
The Great Bank Robbery
First Guard
1969Movie
Doc
Toby
1969Movie
Then Came Bronson
Clay Turner
1969TV
Hang 'em High
Jenkins
1968Movie
Family Affair
1966TV
Town Tamer
Ken
1965Movie
Shenandoah
Union Train Guard
1965Movie
Taggart
Earl (uncredited)
1965Movie
Requiem for a Gunfighter
Max Smith
1965Movie
The Bounty Killer
Red - Henchman
1965Movie
F Troop
Trooper Duffy
1965TV
Bullet for a Badman
Sheriff (uncredited)
1964Movie
Wall of Noise
Trainer
1963Movie
McLintock!
Train Engineer
1963Movie
4 for Texas
Bank Board Member
1963Movie
Six Black Horses
Puncher
1962Movie
The Wild Westerners
Casey Banner
1962Movie
The Comancheros
Pa Schofield (uncredited)
1961Movie
Texas John Slaughter: Geronimo's Revenge
Ben
1960Movie
Hell Bent for Leather
Jared
1960Movie
National Velvet
Clive
1960TV
Pork Chop Hill
Col. Kern
1959Movie
The Atomic Submarine
"Grif" Griffin
1959Movie
Rio Bravo
Matt Harris (uncredited)
1959Movie
No Name on the Bullet
Poker Player (uncredited)
1959Movie
Rawhide
Deputy Art Gray
1959TV
The Rebel
Will Randall
1959TV
Once Upon a Horse...
Bob Steele
1958Movie
Giant from the Unknown
Sheriff Parker
1958Movie
The Bonnie Parker Story
Armored Truck Guard (uncredited)
1958Movie
Ride a Crooked Trail
Jud Blunt (uncredited)
1958Movie
Lawman
Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
1958TV
The Texan
Luke Short
1958TV
Duel at Apache Wells
Joe Dunn
1957Movie
The Parson and the Outlaw
Ace Jardine
1957Movie
Decision at Sundown
Irv (uncredited)
1957Movie
Maverick
Walter Jackson
1957TV
Sugarfoot
Sam Shoulders
1957TV
Have Gun, Will Travel
Jockey
1957TV
Pardners
Shorty
1956Movie
The Steel Jungle
Dan Bucci
1956Movie
Gun for a Coward
Durkee
1956Movie
The Fighting Chance
Curly
1955Movie
The Spoilers
Miner
1955Movie
Last of the Desperados
Charlie Bowdre
1955Movie
Gunsmoke
Sam Gordon
1955TV
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Deputy Marshal Sam (uncredited)
1955TV
Screen Director's Playhouse
Deputy Sheriff Dodd
1955TV
Cheyenne
Dugan
1955TV
Drums Across the River
Billy Costa
1954Movie
The Outcast
Dude Rankin
1954Movie
The Wonderful World of Disney
Ben
1954TV
Column South
McAfee
1953Movie
Savage Frontier
Sam Webb
1953Movie
San Antone
Bob Coolidge
1953Movie
Island in the Sky
Wilson
1953Movie
Bugles in the Afternoon
Rider Who Announces Custer Is Dead
1952Movie
The Lion and the Horse
Matt Jennings
1952Movie
Rose of Cimarron
Rio
1952Movie
The Enforcer
Herman
1951Movie
Cattle Drive
Charlie "Careless" Morgan
1951Movie
Silver Canyon
Walt Middler
1951Movie
Fort Worth
Shorty
1951Movie
The Savage Horde
Dancer
1950Movie
South of St. Louis
Slim Hansen
1949Movie
Cheyenne
Bucky
1947Movie
Exposed
Chicago
1947Movie
Twilight on the Rio Grande
Dusty Morgan
1947Movie
Bandits of Dark Canyon
Ed Archer
1947Movie
Killer McCoy
Sailor Graves
1947Movie
The Big Sleep
Lash Canino
1946Movie
Rio Grande Raiders
Jeff Carson
1946Movie
Sheriff of Redwood Valley
Reno Kid
1946Movie
Thunder Town
Jim Brandon
1946Movie
Six Gun Man
Stormy Storm
1946Movie
Ambush Trail
Curley Thompson
1946Movie
Northwest Trail
RCMP Matt O'Brien
1945Movie
Wildfire
Happy Haye
1945Movie
Navajo Kid
Tom "The Navajo Kid" Kirk
1945Movie
Marked Trails
Bob Stevens
1944Movie
Outlaw Trail
Bob
1944Movie
Westward Bound
Bob Steele
1944Movie
Arizona Whirlwind
Bob Steele
1944Movie
Trigger Law
Bob Steele
1944Movie
The Utah Kid
Bob Roberts
1944Movie
Sonora Stagecoach
Bob Steele
1944Movie
Riders of the Rio Grande
Tucson Smith
1943Movie
Death Valley Rangers
Bob Steele
1943Movie
Revenge of the Zombies
Sheriff
1943Movie
Santa Fe Scouts
Tucson Smith
1943Movie
Thundering Trails
Tucson Smith
1943Movie
The Blocked Trail
Tucson Smith
1943Movie
Raiders of the Range
Tucson Smith
1942Movie
The Phantom Plainsmen
Tucson Smith
1942Movie
Code of the Outlaw
Tucson Smith
1942Movie
Shadows on the Sage
'Tucson' Smith / Curly Joe
1942Movie
Valley of Hunted Men
Tucson Smith
1942Movie
Westward Ho
Tucson Smith
1942Movie
Billy the Kid's Range War
Billy the Kid
1941Movie
Prairie Pioneers
Tucson Smith
1941Movie
Gangs of Sonora
'Tucson' Smith
1941Movie
Outlaws of Cherokee Trail
'Tucson' Smith
1941Movie
Gauchos of El Dorado
'Tucson' Smith
1941Movie
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
Billy the Kid
1941Movie
West of Cimarron
Tucson Smith
1941Movie
Pals of the Pecos
Tucson Smith
1941Movie
The Great Train Robbery
Tom Logan
1941Movie
Saddlemates
Tucson Smith
1941Movie
Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals
Billy the Kid
1941Movie
The Carson City Kid
Lee Jessup, aka Morgan Reynolds
1940Movie
Billy the Kid Outlawed
Billy the Kid
1940Movie
Billy the Kid in Texas
Billy the Kid
1940Movie
Pinto Canyon
Bob Hall
1940Movie
Under Texas Skies
Tucson Smith
1940Movie
The Trail Blazers
Tucson Smith
1940Movie
Lone Star Raiders
Tucson Smith
1940Movie
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice
Billy the Kid
1940Movie
City for Conquest
Kid Callahan (uncredited)
1940Movie
Wild Horse Valley
Bob Evans
1940Movie
Smoky Trails
Bob Archer
1939Movie
Of Mice and Men
Curley
1939Movie
Feud of the Range
Bob Gray
1939Movie
Riders of the Sage
Bob Burke
1939Movie
The Pal from Texas
Bob Barton
1939Movie
Mesquite Buckaroo
Bob Allen
1939Movie
El Diablo Rides
Bob
1939Movie
Paroled - To Die
Doug Redfern
1938Movie
Thunder in the Desert
Bob Radford
1938Movie
The Feud Maker
Tex Ryan aka Wind River Kid
1938Movie
Desert Patrol
Dave Austin
1938Movie
Durango Valley Raiders
Keene Cordner
1938Movie
The Trusted Outlaw
Dan Ward
1937Movie
Gun Lords of Stirrup Basin
Dan Stockton
1937Movie
Border Phantom
Larry O'Day
1937Movie
Arizona Gunfighter
Colt Ferron
1937Movie
Doomed at Sundown
Dave Austin
1937Movie
Ridin' the Lone Trail
Bob McArthur
1937Movie
Colorado Kid
Colorado Kid
1937Movie
Lightnin' Crandall
Bob Crandall, aka Lightnin' Crandall
1937Movie
The Red Rope
Tom Shaw
1937Movie
Brand of the Outlaws
Gary Gray
1936Movie
Last of the Warrens
Ted Warren
1936Movie
The Law Rides
Bruce Conway
1936Movie
Cavalry
Ted Thorne
1936Movie
The Gun Ranger
Dan Larson
1936Movie
The Kid Ranger
Ray Burton
1936Movie
Alias John Law
Everett Tarkington 'John' Clark
1935Movie
The Rider of the Law
Bob Marlow
1935Movie
Sundown Saunders
Jim Sundown Saunders
1935Movie
No Man's Range
Jim Hale
1935Movie
Tombstone Terror
Jimmy Dixon / Duke Dixon
1935Movie
Smokey Smith
Smokey Smith
1935Movie
Powdersmoke Range
Jeff Ferguson aka Guadalupe Kid
1935Movie
Big Calibre
Bob Neal
1935Movie
Kid Courageous
Bob Bannister
1935Movie
Trail of Terror
Spike Manning
1935Movie
A Demon for Trouble
Bob Worth
1934Movie
The Brand of Hate
Rod Camp
1934Movie
Western Justice
Jim / Ace
1934Movie
The Mystery Squadron
Fred Cromwell
1933Movie
Galloping Romeo
Bob Rivers
1933Movie
Ranger's Code
Bob Baxter
1933Movie
The Gallant Fool
Kit Denton
1933Movie
Trailing North
Lee Evans aka Curly the Kid
1933Movie
Breed of the Border
Speed Brent
1933Movie
Texas Buddies
Ted Garner
1932Movie
Hidden Valley
Bob Harding
1932Movie
Young Blood
Nick aka The Kid
1932Movie
Riders of the Desert
Bob Houston
1932Movie
The Man from Hell's Edges
Bob Williams aka 'Flash' Manning
1932Movie
Son of Oklahoma
Dan Clayton
1932Movie
South of Santa Fe
Tom Keene
1932Movie
The Fighting Champ
Brick Loring
1932Movie
Law of the West
Bob Carruthers, alias Bob Morgan
1932Movie
The Ridin' Fool
Steve Kendall
1931Movie
The Nevada Buckaroo
Buck Hurley, aka The Nevada Kid
1931Movie
The Sunrise Trail
Texas, aka Tex
1931Movie
Near the Trail's End
Marshal Johnny Day
1931Movie
Headin' North
Jim Curtis
1930Movie
The Oklahoma Sheriff
1930Movie
Western Honor
Bob
1930Movie
The Hunted Men
Dick Stockdale
1930Movie
Breezy Bill
Breezy Bill
1930Movie
The Man from Nowhere
Terry Norton
1930Movie
The Land of Missing Men
Steve O'Neil
1930Movie
The Oklahoma Cyclone
Jim Smith aka The Oklahoma Cyclone
1930Movie
Near the Rainbow's End
Jim Bledsoe
1930Movie
A Texas Cowboy
Dick Carlysle
1929Movie
The Invaders
1929Movie
Laughing at Death
Bob Thornton
1929Movie
Come and Get It!
Breezy Smith
1929Movie
The Amazing Vagabond
Jimmy Hobbs
1929Movie
The Cowboy and the Outlaw
George Hardcastle
1929Movie
Captain Careless
Bob Gordon
1928Movie
Headin' for Danger
Jimmy Marshall
1928Movie
Trail of Courage
Tex Reeves
1928Movie
Lightning Speed
Jack Pemberton
1928Movie
The Riding Renegade
Bob Taylor
1928Movie
Man in the Rough
Bruce Sherwood
1928Movie
Sliding Home
Student (as Robert Bradbury Jr.)
1928Movie
Driftin' Sands
'Driftin' Sands
1928Movie
Breed of the Sunsets
Jim Collins
1928Movie
Captain Careless
Story
1928Movie
With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre
Bob Keefe (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
1927Movie
The Bandit's Son
Bob McCall
1927Movie
The Mojave Kid
Bob Saunders
1927Movie
The College Boob
Shorty Buzelle (as Bob Bradbury Jr.)
1926Movie
With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness
Jim Bryan
1926Movie
With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo
'Pinky' Smith
1926Movie
Just Plain Folks
1925Movie
Mysterious Tracks
1922Movie
Dangerous Trails
Bob
1922Movie
The Opossum
1922Movie
Outwitting the Timber Wolf
1921Movie
The Civet Cat
Bob
1921Movie
Trapping the Wildcat
Bob
1921Movie
The American Badger
Bob
1921Movie
Catching a Coon
Bob
1921Movie
Trailing the Coyote
Bob
1921Movie
Trapping The Bob Cat
Bob
1921Movie
Catching a Koala Bear
Bob
1921Movie
Capturing a Canadian Lynx
Bob
1921Movie
A Day in the Wilds
Bob
1921Movie
The Skunk
Bob
1921Movie
Trapping the Mountain Lion
Bob
1921Movie
Catching a Fox
Bob
1921Movie
Trapping the Coyote
Bob
1921Movie
The Adventures of Bob and Bill
Bob
1920Movie